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Written by Gary North on December 17, 2016
The victory of Assad over the rebels in Aleppo this week marked the reversal of a foreign policy coup that began in Washington in the immediate aftermath of America’s Saudi-funded victory in the Desert Storm war in February 1991. The coup began no later than March 1991. The next phase began in November 2001 in […]
Continue reading →Written by Gary North on May 9, 2015
Guy Carawan died on May 2. He was 87. Sadly, he was suffering from dementia, that terrible disease. Carawan introduced We Shall Overcome to the civil rights movement in the spring of 1960. It had been picked up by the union movement in the late 1940’s. Pete Seeger was one of the early popularizers of […]
Continue reading →Written by Gary North on February 23, 2015
Gov. Scott Walker and the legislature were successful in 2011 in passing a law that undermined the ability of unions in the public sector to strike. This took away the threat of the public unions. Wikipedia describes the law. The bill requires additional contributions by state and local government workers to their health care plans […]
Continue reading →Written by Gary North on February 20, 2015
In a speech at the Mises Institute, Ron Paul discussed operational secession. State governments are not enforcing federal rules and regulations. This is a quiet movement. There are no fireworks. But it is happening. The speech was picked up by Buzzfeed. Then Matt Drudge ran it as his lead story: left-hand side. When the federal […]
Continue reading →Written by Gary North on November 6, 2014
There is almost no mention of the following: Black voters showed up to vote in about the same percentage as they constitute demographically. The U.S. Census reports that Black are 13.6% of the population. In a story about voter dissatisfaction, this piece of information is buried. “Exit polls suggest that black voters made up about […]
Continue reading →Written by Gary North on September 18, 2014
The lady never learns. “I am a Republican stalwart!” The biggest current danger for Republicans is that idiots will vote for Libertarian candidates in do-or-die Senate elections, including Kentucky, Kansas, North Carolina and Colorado. (That’s in addition to the “Independent” in Kansas who’s a Democrat.) Democratic candidates don’t have to put up with this crap […]
Continue reading →Written by Gary North on May 7, 2014
Cliven Bundy’s stand against the United States government has often been described as the equivalent of the Whiskey Rebellion. We can find this comparison all over the Web. Bundy has described himself as “just like Rosa Parks.” No, he isn’t. Rosa Parks refused to move to the back of the bus. She did not pull […]
Continue reading →Written by Gary North on April 16, 2014
Let’s begin with a map. Here are some explanations. The United States government has direct ownership of almost 650 million acres of land (2.63 million square kilometers) — nearly 30% of its total territory. These federal lands are used as military bases or testing grounds, nature parks and reserves and Indian reservations, or are leased […]
Continue reading →Posted on March 18, 2014
The borders of Europe have been static since the breakups of the Soviet Union, Czechoslovakia and Yugoslavia, and the reunification of Germany, but look set to shift shortly, if the Duma in Moscow ratifies the stated desire of a Crimean majority to quit Ukraine for Russia. But a broader perspective, taking into account the past […]
Continue reading →Written by Gary North on September 24, 2013
Congress has voted to cover all health insurance premium increases of their staffs, due to ObamaCare. The staffers were going to quit. Some Congressmen and Senators argued publicly for an exemption. What will happen to them in November 2014 if their opponents use this against them? Maybe nothing, if their opponents in the primary use […]
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